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What brand of PC is in your cabinet?
Green Giant:
--- Quote from: southpaw13 on October 14, 2007, 11:34:31 am ---So I am running mame 106 and need to update this winter to the newest AND I want to build a new computer. Will I get better performance with a dual core? Which is the better video card for Mame now (Nvidia or ATI)?
Thanks...
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A lower priced AMD 64 will do just fine for just about every game in mame.
As for the video card, what are you using as a monitor. I am pretty sure ATI is recommended because it displays better on a tv. You won't need any sort of 3D processing unless its for another emulator or PC games.
severdhed:
i have never bought a name brand pc, i always build my own. i pieced together a system from older parts i had lying around and mounted then in my cabinet, not in a pc case. currently it is an athlon xp 2500, with 512mb of ram, and a geforce 4 mx4000.
ChadTower:
I have my one main household server that is a Dell Poweredge bought off their clearance site... every other PC in the house is from the town recycling depot, taken for free, fixed if necessary.
psik0tik:
I use chopped up laptops..they are less bulky and easier to mount. Plus quieter